Sunrisers Hyderabad waited for Mustafizur Rahman – their champion bowler right from day one of the tournament but one bad game, and Bangladesh pacer was dropped in favour of fit-again Moises Henriques, who missed the last game due to viral fever. Henriques had to be brought back in the team due to his good form but it was a bit harsh on Rahman to drop him after just one poor outing.

Bipul Sharma, who was dropped from the last game in favour of all-rounder Vijay Shankar was brought back to bolster the spin department.

Kolkata Knight Riders made just one change in the side as Kuldeep Yadav replaced experienced Piyush Chawla.

Contrary to what we have seen till now, toss might not have a great impact on the result of the game as the surface is expected to be same during the three and a half hours of play.

Here is what both the captains said at the time of toss –

Gautam Gambhir: As David said, the wicket won’t change much. Hopefully we can try and put runs on the board and restrict them. We want to play as much as we can especially after winning the last game. We have got only one change. Kuldeep comes in for Piyush Chawla.

David Warner: We are bowling first. It’s a good wicket and it’s not gonna change much. Nice even bounce and carry, fast outfield as well. Both teams have got depth in their bowling and it is going to be really competitive. Moises and Bipul are back in place of Mustafizur and Shankar.

Here is the playing XI of both the sides –

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan, David Warner(c), Moises Henriques, Deepak Hooda, Yuvraj Singh, Naman Ojha(w), Ben Cutting, Rashid Khan, Bipul Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ashish Nehra.

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Gautam Gambhir(c), Sunil Narine, Robin Uthappa(w), Manish Pandey, Yusuf Pathan, Suryakumar Yadav, Colin de Grandhomme, Chris Woakes, Kuldeep Yadav, Trent Boult, Umesh Yadav.